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ENSC 13
Strength of Materials
Problem Set 1 (Stresses)
1. The forged steel clamp exerts a force of 900 N on the wooden block. Determine the resultant
internal loadings acting on section a-a pasing through point A.
2. The shaft is subjected to the axial force of 40 kN. Determine the normal stress in the shaft, the
average shear stress and the average bearing stress acting on collar C.
3. During the tension test, the wooden specimen is subjected to an average normal stress of 2 ksi.
Determine the axial force P applied to the specimen. Also, find the average shear stress
developed along section a-a of the specimen.
4. Find the maximum allowable value of P for the column. The cross-sectional areas and working
stresses (σw) are shown in the figure.
5. The assembly consists of three disks A, B and C that are used to support the load of 140 kN. If
d1 = 25 mm, d2 = 70 mm and d3 = 30 mm, determine the following.
a) The compressive stress in disk A
b) The shear stress in disk B
c) The bearing stress in disk C
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
University of the Philippines Los Baños
6. Two wooden members are joined by plywood splice plates that are fully glued on the contact
surfaces. Knowing that the clearance between the ends of the members is 6 mm and that the
ultimate shearing stress in the glued joint is 2.5 MPa, determine the length L for which the factor
of safety is 2.75 for the loading shown.
Problem 5
Problem 6
P d
7. The assembly shown at the left consists of a hollow
concrete cylinder with an outer diameter of 12 in and an inner
diameter of 6 in. It is reinforced with ten (10) solid steel rods, each
with a diameter of 1.5 in as shown in order to support a given load
P applied to a rectangular slab 2 in thick. Determine the maximum
safe load P that can be supported by the system if the ultimate
D shear stress in the slab is 500 psi, ultimate normal stress in the
steel rod is 1000 psi, and ultimate normal stress in the concrete
is 200 psi. Use 2 as factor of safety, and assume that the load
carried by the steel rods is 2.385 times the load carried by the
concrete.
10. The following truss is pin supported at J and E. The cross-sectional dimension of all members is 100
x 50 mm2 and the diameter of all pins is 20 mm. If d = 2 m, solve the maximum permissible value of P if
the allowable compressive stress is 500 MPa and the allowable tensile stress is 350 MPa for all members.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE
College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology
University of the Philippines Los Baños
13. The frame supports the cage housing 3 ducklings, with combined weight of 1000 N. All pins have 10
mm diameters and all members have 30mm x 12 mm cross-sectional dimension. (Note that there are two
links BD). Solve the following:
14. A thin-walled cylindrical pressure vessel with a circular cross-section is subjected to internal gas
pressure of 1000 psi and simultaneously elongated by an axial load of 5 kips. The cylinder has an inner
radius of 2.1 in. and a wall thickness of 0.15 in and singly riveted at the girth using thirty 0.25 in. diameter
rivets. Determine the shearing stress developed in each rivet, and the bearing stress between the plate
and the rivets. Moreover, determine the normal stress developed along the joint.
5 kip
5 kip
15. The gas storage tank is fabricated in the following manner: a 10-mm thick plate is rolled to form a
cylindrical shell which is bolted on one side, then its ends are sealed by bolting two hemispherical shells.
The resulting inner diameter of the tank is 4 m. All bolts have a diameter of 15 mm. If the internal pressure
in the tank is 1 MPa, determine the following:
a. the number of bolts needed in each hemispherical shell if the normal stress in the bolts should
not exceed 250 MPa
b. the minimum required thickness of the hemispherical shells if the normal stress in the shell should
not exceed 125 MPa
c. the circumferential stress in the cylindrical shell
d. the minimum required spacing of the bolts in the cylindrical shell if the normal stress in the bolts
should not exceed 250 MPa